8ta’s statement revealed that the subscription charges they paid on BIS will fall away with the BlackBerry 10 operating system, “enabling mobile networks to package unique offers to consumers.”

While it is now well established that BlackBerry 10 data deals will be different from existing BIS packages in South Africa, neither BlackBerry nor the mobile network operators have been willing to say what the packages will look like exactly.

There is some speculation, however, that even if BB10 data bundles get a usage limit, secure services that use BlackBerry architecture such as BlackBerry Messenger will continue to work when the cap is depleted.